The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-20

The MEXICAN pension bill passed the
House last Monday, and now only requires
the Presidents approval to become .
law.
-Cluverius, the lawyer condemned as
murderer of Lillian Madison, was hanged
IN Richmond on the l4th. He died with
out making confession.
-Webb's Directory just issued gives
the population of Jacksonville and SUBJ
urbs at $4,000 Verify the Emporium
Of the East" is fourishing as her enter
prise deserves.
The Democrats have the best of the
fight thus far in Indiana. The matter il
in the courts, where it will be finally set
tied, and we trust in favor of the brave
and determined Democrats Of that great
commonwealth.
Gen. w. II. Hazen, chief signal off,
Ger of the United States army, died in
Washington on the 10th instant of blood
poisoning resulting from diabetic coma.
He was native of Windsor, Vermont,
was in his ifty-seventh year, and entered
the army from West Point in 1865.
There is nothing servile about Polk
county, says the Jacksonville Herald 1t
il brave section, and its newspaper, the
Laformcnt, speaks boldly and pointedly
a. follows: No matter what others
may think or say, Polk county puts the
seal of condemnation upon the course of
the Tines Union, and moves onward and
upward as before"
We learn from the Daytona Hd5ifd1
Journal that the valuable ice factory re-
Gently erected by d. d. Rogers at that
place was destroyed by fire on the night
of the 18th inst During the fire the
ammonia tank exploded with great vio-
lence, completely SCATTERING the building,
and scattering woodwork and machinery
to a distance in every direction. MIR.
Rogers had but s., 800 insurance.
The Jacksonville Morning Ne,cs is
so crowded with advertisements that ii
has TO add a supplement, and in the eight
pages of the Herald the favors of the
business men of the city contend with
reading matter for any space whatever
The prosperity of these able journals in
dicates the approval by the public of theil
course, especially as compared with that
Of the Tinss- Uuion
The editorial articles that have re-
Gently appeared in the Times Union re
garding our winter business have never
been paralleled by newspaper in any
State for unblushing league with States
open enemies, and outspoken hostility to {
States business interests. The state
ments made by that paper have beer
false, malicious and destructive.-Jdck
s0nciILe Morning Ne,os.
Benz. Harrison's editorial touch is a,
once the gentlest and strongest in thu
State. When his pen flashes into the in
side pages, the Palatka Neaos becomes, t.
our Judgment, the ablest and soundest
paper In Florida. And best of all, hi
accomplished wrist is ever turning ir
championship of honest convictions, and
in support of decent journalism. W.
wish our esteemed confrere God-speeG
and many years Of life.-JdcksonuiM
Herald
Another new paper has made its ap
pearance in Tampa, The Tampa Courier
S. A. Jones editor and proprietor. The
first number makes strong appeal t.
the citizens of this side in a " Greeting to
West Hillsborough," of considerably
more than two columns in length. Al
the new publication introduces itself t.
this section first of all, we are aattered in
believing that others begin to see as we
have always seen ourselves.-CledrW Wa
ter HGr6Or Times.
The Times Union quotes from oul
editorial criticism of yesterday the one
statement, " We acknowledge the Times
Union to be an excellent newspaper,
and smacks its lips over it as well
merited compliment" Very we'll. W.
have nothing to retract. The Times
Unton is an excellent newspaper, but en-
dorsement ends there, and the Times
JnioA should stop there. If its editoria
columns could be wiped out, and its edi
tOrial utterances silenced altogether BY
news, the State would be better off, thu
tone OF journalism elevated, and the pape
better liked.-Jd cksonviAe Herald
The Fernandina Fire.